Question # 1

The Mosque of Cordova was ________ and enlarged by his successors

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completed

curtailed

minimised

shortened

To his villa he brought water and introduced _________ plants such as peaches and pemegranates

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exorcist

erratic

systematic

exotic

Two yeas before his death in 788 Abd al Rahman founded the great ........... of cordova.

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Church

Mosque

Palace

Tomb

The abbasid Caliph i Baghdad appointed a governor of Spin to ............ his rule

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Contact

Accept

Contest

Context

In the south of Spain , were stationed....................troops who accepted him as leader.

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Abbasid

Syrian

Persian

Turks

Accession of the Abbasids to the ______ was signalised

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Emirate

Baronage

Caliphate

Parsonage

In 750 the Ummayyed dynasty was overthrown by the Abbasid family.

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Set or rules

Family lines of rules

Set of kings

Series of kings

Al-Hakam, probably the best scholar among Moslem caliphs, personally _________ several of these books

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used

destroyed

sold

tore

In Al-Zahra the caliph surrounded himself with a bodyguard of ________ which numbered 3750

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slaves

women

masons

labourers

In more than one sense he initiated the ________ movement

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instruction

intellectual

fluctual

structural

In order to secure the first copy of the "Aghani" , al hakam sent the author a ............ dinars.

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Hundred

Five hundred

Thousand

Million

Al-Hakam,was a lover of..............

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Horses

Buildings

Books

Mosques

Among the very few who ______ was a youth of twenty Abd-ul-Rehman

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Was killed

Was banished

Escaped

Was imprisoned

He did not assume the caliph's title but contented himself with the title ______

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Wazir

Amir

Kabir

Jahangir

Ubdul Rehman III administered his provinces with sagacity and ability.

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Knowledge

Virtue

Wisdom

Cleverness

Spain had thus been the first province to shake ________ the authority of the recognized caliph in Islam

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on

of

off

for

And he left a statement, we are told, which said that he had known only ________ days of happiness

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fifty

fourteen

forty

four

Al-Hakam was generousto scholars .

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Charitable or open handed

Liberal

Democratic

Friendly

Dutch scholar Dozy declared that nearly everyone could............... and write.

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Sing

Read

Sew

Cook

In the process of subduing his adversaries. Ubdul Rehman developed an army.

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Overcoming

Controlling

Fighting with

competing with

His brother heeded the ............................... shouted from the bank that he would be unharmed if he returned.

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Admonishes

threats

Reassurances

Warnings

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